INTEL_REPORT
The Hacker News · published 7/8/2026, 3:07:24 PM · TLP amber
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New HalluSquatting Attack Could Trick AI Coding Assistants Into Installing Botnet Malware AI coding assistants have a habit of making things up. Ask one to fetch a popular tool, and it will sometimes hand back a real-sounding name for a project that does not exist. New research, which its authors call HalluSquatting, turns that habit into an attack: work out the fake names an AI reliably invents, register them first, and wait for the assistant to fetch your trap on a us…
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-hallusquatting-attack-could-trick.html
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